https://ift.tt/3k5NpJgCOVID-19 patients will be allowed to vote in the by-elections to the two assembly seats in Odisha, officials said on Wednesday. The decision was taken at a meeting between Chief Electoral Officer SK Lohani and the collectors and police chiefs of Balasore and Jagatsinghpur districts where the bypolls will be held, they said. Special arrangements shall be made for the COVID-19 affected voters during elections like isolation center and those voters would be allowed to cast their franchise at the last hour of the poll, an official statement quoting Lohani said.

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